Greek word · G2880

κορέννυμι

korennymi

to satisfy

To fill with food, satisfy, glut. In the passive, to be sated, to have had one's fill, sometimes to be fed up. In the NT it appears only here and in Acts 27:38 ('when they had eaten enough').

Appears 2 times in 2 verses of the Greek New Testament. · Updated October 21, 2026

What it means

κορέννυμι

(κόρος, surfeit), [in Symmachus.: Psalms 22:27, Al, Psalms 103:5 * ;]

to satisfy: pass., τροφῆς, Acts 27:38; metaphorically, of spiritual things, 1 Corinthians 4:8.†

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From G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

In depth

From the study of 1 Corinthians 4:8

Range of meaning: To fill with food, satisfy, glut. In the passive, to be sated, to have had one's fill, sometimes to be fed up. In the NT it appears only here and in Acts 27:38 ('when they had eaten enough').
Against the English: BSB/ESV/NIV 'you have all you want' makes it sound like contentment. KJV 'full' and NASB/WEB 'filled' keep the bodily picture but lose the hint of being overfed.
How it drifted: Translators smooth the food image into an idiom, which softens the scorn in it.
Used elsewhere in the period: Greek moral tradition linked koros (glut, surfeit) with hybris (arrogance): 'surfeit breeds insolence' (Theognis 153; Solon fr. 6). In the Septuagint, Deut 31:20 and 32:15 warn that Israel would eat its fill, grow fat and forsake God.

From the study of Acts 27:38

Range of meaning: To fill, to satisfy, to eat or drink until full. In the passive, "be sated, have one's fill". It can be used plainly (eating to satisfaction) or figuratively, sometimes with irony (being "full" of something, or smugly self-satisfied).
Against the English: KJV, WEB and ESV say "eaten enough", which is a little weaker than the Greek. BSB's "eaten their fill" and NIV's "eaten as much as they wanted" come closer to the sense of being properly full.
Used elsewhere in the period: It appears only twice in the New Testament. The other place is 1 Corinthians 4:8, "Already you are filled!", where Paul is being ironic. In the Greek Old Testament it is common for eating to satisfaction, for example Deuteronomy 31:20, where Israel eats, is filled and grows fat.

Where it appears

Acts · 1

Acts 27:38 κορεσθέντες Having been filled

After the men had eaten their fill, they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.

Here: "Having been filled up": they ate until they were full. After fourteen days of eating almost nothing (27:33), this is a real, filling meal, not a token bite. The past-tense participle marks the meal as finished before the work starts.

1 Corinthians · 1

1 Corinthians 4:8 κεκορεσμένοι satiated

Already you have all you want. Already you have become rich. Without us, you have become kings. How I wish you really were kings, so that we might be kings with you!

Here: 'Filled to the full, sated, stuffed.' The perfect tense describes a settled condition: you have eaten your fill and stay full. It hints at smug, overfed self-satisfaction.

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